Jeremiah 18:8 Cross References - NSB

⁸ »However if the nation that I threatened turns away from doing wrong. Then I will change my plans about the disaster I planned to do to it.

¹² »Do not let the Egyptians say: ‘He was planning all along to kill them in the mountains and wipe them off the face of the earth. That is why he brought them out of our land.’ Do not be so angry. Reconsider your decision to bring this disaster on your people.

³⁶ »Jehovah will bring his people justice. He will have compassion on his servants. He sees that their power is gone, and only the imprisoned and abandoned remain.

¹⁸ When Jehovah established judges he supported each judge. He delivered them out of the hand of their enemies all the days the judge lived. He had compassion for them as they groaned under those who oppressed and afflicted them.

¹⁵ But the people of Israel said to Jehovah: »We have sinned. Do to us what seems best to you, only please, save us today!« ¹⁶ So they removed the foreign gods and worshiped Jehovah. He could bear the distress of Israel no longer.

³³ »When your people Israel have sinned against you their enemies defeat them. They can turn to you and come to this Temple, humbly praying to you for forgiveness. ³⁴ Listen to them in heaven. Forgive the sins of your people and bring them back to the land that you gave to their ancestors.

⁶ Then the princes of Israel and the king humbled themselves and said: »Jehovah is righteous.«

¹³ Return, O Jehovah! How long? Change your plans about us, your servants.

⁴⁵ He remembered his promise to them. In keeping with his rich mercy, he changed his plans.

¹⁴ For Jehovah will judge his people, and he will have pity on his servants.

¹⁶ »Wash yourselves! Become clean! Get your evil deeds out of my sight. Stop doing evil. ¹⁷ »Learn to do good (well) (right). Seek justice. Correct oppressors. Defend orphans. Plead the case of widows.« ¹⁸ »Come now, let us reason together (make things right) (correct matters) between us!« Says Jehovah. »Though your sins are like scarlet, they will become as white as snow. Though they are red like crimson, they will become as white as wool. ¹⁹ »If you are willing and obedient, you will eat the best from the land.

³ »‘Thus says Jehovah of Hosts, the God of Israel: »Amend (make right) your ways and your deeds, and I will let you dwell in this place. ⁴ »‘»Do not trust in deceptive words. They say: ‘This is the Temple of Jehovah, the Temple of Jehovah, and the Temple of Jehovah. ⁵ »‘»For if you truly amend your ways and your deeds, if you truly practice justice between a man and his neighbor, ⁶ if you do not oppress the alien, the orphan, or the widow, and do not shed innocent blood in this place, nor walk after other gods to your own ruin, ⁷ then I will let you dwell in this place, in the land I gave to your fathers from generation to generation and for a very long time.«’«

⁶ »You left me, declares Jehovah. You turned your back on me. So I will stretch out my hand against you (use my power against you) and destroy you. I am tired of showing compassion to you.

³ »Perhaps the people will listen and give up their evil ways. If they do I will change my mind about the destruction I plan to bring on them for all their wicked deeds.

¹³ »You must change the way you are living and the things you are doing. You must obey Jehovah your God. If you do, he will change his mind about the destruction that he said he would bring on you.

¹⁹ Then the leaders continued: »No one put Micah to death for saying that. Instead, King Hezekiah prayed to Jehovah with reverence and trembling and asked him to have mercy. Then Jehovah decided not to destroy Jerusalem, even though he had already said he would. People of Judah, if Jeremiah is killed we will bring a terrible disaster on ourselves.

³ »Maybe the nation of Judah will hear about all the disasters that I devise to bring on them, and they will turn from their wicked ways. Then I will forgive their wickedness and their sins.«

¹⁰ ‘If you are willing to go on living in this land I will build you up and not tear you down. I will plant you and not uproot you. The destruction I brought on you has caused me great sorrow.

²¹ ‘»If the wicked man turns from all his sins and observes all my statutes and practices justice and righteousness, he shall live; he shall not die.

¹¹ Say to them: ‘»As I am alive!« Declares the Lord Jehovah. »I take no pleasure in the death of the wicked. Only that the wicked turn from his way and live. Turn back! Turn back from your evil ways! Why then will you die, O house of Israel?«’

¹³ »I may promise life to someone good, but if he starts thinking that his past goodness is enough and begins to sin, I will not remember any of the good he did. He will die because of his sins.

¹³ »Rip apart your heart, and not your garments. Turn to Jehovah your God! He is gracious and merciful. He is slow to anger and abundant in loving-kindness. He will turn back from doing harm. ¹⁴ »Who knows whether he will turn back, feel regret and leave a blessing behind him, a meal offering and a drink offering to Jehovah your God?

³ Jehovah changed his mind about this. »It will not be,« said Jehovah. ⁴ The Lord Jehovah showed me and, behold, the Lord Jehovah called for judgement (contention) by fire and it devoured the great deep. It would have eaten up the land. ⁵ Then I said, »O Lord Jehovah, cease, I plead with you: how can Jacob stand? After all he is small.« ⁶ Jehovah changed his mind concerning this: »This also will not be,« said the Lord Jehovah.

⁸ »How can I give you up, Ephraim? How can I hand you over, Israel? How can I treat you like Admah? How can I make you like Zeboiim? My heart is changed within me. All my compassion is aroused.

⁵ »The waters encompassed me and threatened my life. The deep sea surrounded me. The sea weeds were wrapped about my head. ⁶ »I went down to the bottom of the mountains! The earth with its bars closed upon me for a very long time. Yet you have brought my life up from the pit, O Jehovah my God? ⁷ »My life was leaving me and I remembered Jehovah! My prayer came to you, into your Holy Temple. ⁸ »They that regard lying vanities forsake their own mercy. ⁹ »But I will sacrifice to you with the voice of thanksgiving! I will pay that which I have vowed. Salvation is from Jehovah!« ¹⁰ Jehovah spoke to the fish, and it vomited Jonah out upon the dry land.

⁹ »Who knows whether God will turn back and change his mind, and turn away from his fierce anger that we will not perish?« ¹⁰ God saw their works! That they turned from their evil way. God turned back from the deed that he said he would do to them. He did not do it.

² He prayed to Jehovah: »I pray to you, O Jehovah, was this what I said, when I was yet in my country? Therefore I hurried to flee to Tarshish. Because I knew that you are a gracious God. You are merciful, slow to anger, abundant in loving kindness, and one who takes pity over calamity (tragedy) (catastrophe) (disaster).

³ »It does not! I tell you; if you do not turn from your sins, you will die as they did. ⁴ »What about the eighteen people in Siloam killed when the castle tower fell on them? Do you think this proves that they were worse than all the other people living in Jerusalem? ⁵ »It does not! I tell you if you do not turn from your sins, you will die as they did.«